Ironing cord support



Nov. 14, 1939. P. w. ROM

IRQNING CORD SUPPORT Fild April 9, 19s? INVENTOR.

56W, 0. WW4

ATTORNEY.

Patented Nov. 14, 1939 UNlTE OFFECE IRONING CORD .rSUPPOR'T Application April 9, 1937, Serial No. 135,891

1 Claim.

The invention relates to ironing cord supports. The object of the invention is to provide a support for the conductor cord of an electric iron while ironing material on a board and which 5 through the action of the weight of the cord itself will keep the cord out of the way of the work and will offer substantially no resistance to the shifting of the cord relative to said support. More particularly the invention is designed to provide a support for mounting on an ironing board and carrying a roller guide over which the cord works and moves of its own weight, the support having a portion cooperating with the roller to prevent the cord working off of said roller, the roller preferably being mounted at a less height above the board than the height of the connection of the cord with the terminal member secured to the iron so that the cord slopes downwardly from its point of connection with the iron to said roller and preferably operates with some slack below said roller so that the weight of this slack cord acts to take up slack in the cord between said iron and sup-port.

The invention further consists in the several -35 features hereinafter set forth and more particularly defined by the claim at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawing: Fig. I is an end elevation View of a device em- 30 bodying the invention showing it in operating position;

Fig. II is a side elevation view of the device; Fig. III is a plan view of the device. Referring to Fig. I of the drawing, the numeral 35 5 designates a portion of an ironing board, 6 an electrically heated iron, '5 a conductor cord for supplying heating current to said iron, 8 a terminal member for said cord detachably connecting it with said iron, and 9 the improved conduc- 40 tor cord support.

The cord support 9, shown in detail in Figs. II and III is formed from a steel or other suitable metal wire of suitable gauge which is bent to provide a base portion here formed by a 45 straight section It], a bent portion H, and angularly bent portions l2 and I3 which through the bent portion II are spaced from the section I!) so that the device may be slipped over the side edge of an ironing board 5 and be clamped 50 thereto by its own resiliency, the section in engaging the top of the board while the parts It and i3 engage the bottom of the board. The end It of the part l3 may also be bent to engage beneath a screw in the bottom of the board if 55 desired.

An upright section I5 extends from the section ill and is preferably inclined outwardly relatively to the board and its upper end is formed to provide a support for a flanged roller cord guide member it. For this purpose the upper end of 5 the section 55 curves downwardly at I7, is then bent around or back on itself at l8, and then curved backwardly at l9 and thence downwardly at 28 and then bent forwardly to provide a roller spindle 2! upon which the roller i6 is loosely 10 mounted, said spindle extending either parallel to the straight section It or slightly inclined relative thereto. The bent portion l'l extends downwardly to a slight distance below the flanged end 22 of the roller so that while the spindle 2t 15 may be sprung slightly to mount the roller thereon, said bent portion ll will act as a stop to limit the lengthwise movement of the roller on its spindle. The roller it has sufficient endwise movement on the spindle to provide a space 23 20 between its front end and the bent portion ll so that the cord '7 may be passed through this space and onto said roller between the flanged ends thereof. The downwardly bent portion 2E! serves as a back stop for the roller l6, and the 25 part 24 of the section 15 adjacent the roller acts as guard to permit the cord to be moved at a considerable angle relative to the axis of the roller without coming off of the roller.

With the device mounted on the board at any convenient location but usually on the side edge of the board opposite the ironer, the cord 1 is slipped on to the roller and its slack portion 25 is allowed to hang down over the side of the board, and then as the operator moves the iron 6 back and forth over the work, the cord will move back and forth over the roller, the weight of the slack cord keeping the cord on the roller, and the drop of the cord from the point of its connection with the terminal member 8 to said roller also assisting in giving the cord a free movement. It will, therefore, be noted that the slack between the iron and the support 9 is automatically taken up, and this will keep the cord above the Work and out of the way of the work and the iron. It will also be noted that the support may be turned to various angular positions relative to the ironing board to suit the operators convenience in ironing. While any suitable conductor cord may be used, a rubber covered cord or a fairly stiif fabric covered cord is recommended.

The support for the roller may, of course, be made in many difierent ways, but the one herein shown has advantages of simplicity, low production cost, light weight, and ease of assembly of the parts though I desire it to be understood that this invention is not to be limited to the details of construction hereinbefore set forth except in so far as such limitations are included in the claim.

What I claim as my invention is:

A conductor cord support having means for mounting it on an ironing board and having an upright section with a curved end bent back on itself and then bent forwardly to provide a roller spindle and guard, and a roller mounted 5 on said spindle.

PALMER W. ROM. 

